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The Cemetery Commission is looking to replace or upgrade its current garage and maintenance shed at Bellevue Cemetery.

Engineer Drawing Up Bellevue Garage Plans

By Jack GuerinoiBerkshires Staff
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An older wooden garage and shed is considered too decrepit to repair.
ADAMS, Mass. — The town has hired engineers to draw up multiple plans for a possible new or extended maintenance garage at Bellevue Cemetery.
 
"I met with the engineer and we toured the site, took a look around and they prepared a proposal which I signed," Mazzucco told the Cemetery Commission on Thursday. "They will get the different cost estimates and look at the code concerns."
 
Earlier this year, the town administrator asked the commission if it would be willing to use cemetery funds to either build a new maintenance garage at Bellevue or update, repair and extend the current cement block structure.
 
The town also must knock down a dilapidated shed and will need space.
 
Mazzucco said the entire process may take a few weeks.
 
"I am hoping to have something ready for the October meeting and I’m hoping to get something done before winter," he said. 
 
The commission is looking at three options: new construction, fix the current garage and add some new sheds or add on to the current garage.
 
As for the white shed in disrepair, Mazzucco expects it to be taken down sooner than later. 
 
"It's still there but it’s going," he assured the commissioners. "It is a matter of the day they are ready to get rid of it, they will knock it down. We are not using it anymore and if we need temporary storage for part of the season we can make it work."  
 

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Friday Afternoon Fire Destroys Cheshire Barn

By Tammy Daniels iBerkshires Staff
 
CHESHIRE, Mass. — A fire on Friday afternoon destroyed a barn at 920 Sand Mill Road.
 
The building is a total loss but firefighters were able to prevent the flames from reaching another nearby barn and the house at Stoney Brook Farm. 
 
Fire Chief Thomas Francesconi said the fire was called in 12:39 p.m. by the homeowners "but it already had a foothold before they noticed it."
 
Responding firefighters found the L-shaped structure fully involved. Adams, Lanesborough, Savoy and Windsor fire companies responded and Williamstown Fire covered the station.
 
The tankers were used to transport water from a nearby brook until a pool could be set up near the scene and water pumped into it. 
 
Northern Berkshire EMS responded and one firefighter was treated at the scene and then taken to Berkshire Medical Center. 
 
Francesconi said there were no other injuries but the owners told him there were 18 chickens in the barn. The structure also had equipment and other materials in it, including a Jeep. 
 
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